--- title: «Tamsin should look after her mum's feelings, she's all Mum has». Wh… — The only child: a quiet house · tree and pragmatics description: «Tamsin should look after her mum's feelings, she's all Mum has». What does the lesson say? 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What does the lesson say? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tamsin, lesson · **What happens:** look, be, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 of lesson 498 «The only child: a quiet house» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «Tamsin should look after her mum's feelings, she's all Mum has». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t6:1 # text = «Tamsin should look after her mum's feelings, she's all Mum has». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Tamsin Tamsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** *in a quote* | should | Tamsin | | | | after Tamsin's mum's feelings | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Tamsin | | | | | have *property* | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. *Sentence 2:* What does the lesson say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t6:2 # text = What does the lesson say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the lesson | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Tamsin should stay home always ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t6:o1:1 # text = Tamsin should stay home always 1 Tamsin Tamsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | should | Tamsin | | | | | always, home *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Tamsin must never have mates ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t6:o2:1 # text = Tamsin must never have mates 1 Tamsin Tamsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 mates mate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **have** | must | Tamsin | mates | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Mum's feelings are Mum's job ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t6:o3:1 # text = Mum's feelings are Mum's job 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 Mum Mum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Mum's feelings | Mum's job | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, Tamsin is in charge of Mum ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:498-the-only-child-a-quiet-house:t6:o4:1 # text = Yes, Tamsin is in charge of Mum 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Tamsin Tamsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Tamsin | | | charge | | of Mum | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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